5
After a long silence Una’s voice broke the stillness. “What the hell was that about?”
Paul knelt beside Baxter and turned the unconscious man’s head to his right, revealing the tell-tale round marks on his neck. “These are the marks of a vampire.”
Lilly and Una’s mouths hit the linoleum floor. Lilly pointed a shaking finger at Mr. Baxter. “Then. . .then he’s been bitten by a vampire?”
Paul nodded. “Yes.”
“He’s not going to wake up and suck our blood, is he?” Una asked him.
“He is not undead,” Henry spoke up as he slipped the cross and vial back into his bag.
“And that means what exactly?” Una persisted.
“Only an undead vampire drinks blood,” Henry explained. “A living vampire needs no such sustenance, though as the curse progresses they will feel a tinge of hunger just prio
